I have seen so much conflicting information about this, I'm seeking to understand how it actually works!
I'm an American citizen and I've been staying with my Canadian husband as a visitor since November 2016. However, I haven't been in Canada the whole time. Every month, I go back to the states and spend a day or two doing errands (getting my mail, getting my prescriptions, etc) then I return to Canada, stay another month, repeat.
Given that I'm American, I have no visitor visa or visitor record or anything like that. I understand that I need to apply to extend my visitor status if I'm going to be here more than six months. But when did I technically enter Canada, if I've been leaving and re-entering every month? Since I started doing this in November, would it be May that my six months is up? Or does it actually re-set every time I re-enter, so I would have six months from the last time I entered (which was last week)?
Based in what I'm reading, it seems like getting a visitor extension wouldn't necessarily even do me any good if it is only valid until you leave Canada, and I will still need to go back to the US on a monthly basis... after my six months are up, if I get an extension, does that mean I can no longer cross the border until I get my PR?
I'm an American citizen and I've been staying with my Canadian husband as a visitor since November 2016. However, I haven't been in Canada the whole time. Every month, I go back to the states and spend a day or two doing errands (getting my mail, getting my prescriptions, etc) then I return to Canada, stay another month, repeat.
Given that I'm American, I have no visitor visa or visitor record or anything like that. I understand that I need to apply to extend my visitor status if I'm going to be here more than six months. But when did I technically enter Canada, if I've been leaving and re-entering every month? Since I started doing this in November, would it be May that my six months is up? Or does it actually re-set every time I re-enter, so I would have six months from the last time I entered (which was last week)?
Based in what I'm reading, it seems like getting a visitor extension wouldn't necessarily even do me any good if it is only valid until you leave Canada, and I will still need to go back to the US on a monthly basis... after my six months are up, if I get an extension, does that mean I can no longer cross the border until I get my PR?
